Title Ar natūralistiniai socialiniai mokslai gali būti kritiniai? /
Another Title Are critical naturalist social sciences possible?
Authors Kirtiklis, Kęstutis
DOI 10.15388/Problemos.2012.0.734
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Is Part of Problemos.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, t. 82, p. 163-173.. ISSN 1392-1126. eISSN 2424-6158
Keywords [eng] critical social sciences ; naturalism ; Interpretivism ; value-neutrality in social sciences
Abstract [eng] The article deals with the conception of critical social sciences and their place in the wider context of methodological debates, particularly in the naturalism debate in contemporary philosophy of social sciences. The article analyzes two basic characteristics of critical social sciences – methodological antinaturalism and critical axiological position. It is argued that because of excessively narrow notion of values (values as research-directing attitudes) implied by the critical axiological position philosophers of critical social sciences fail to demonstrate a necessary link between critical axiological attitude and particular methodology. Therefore, it is possible to relate critical axiology with naturalist as well as with interpretive methodology.
Published Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2012
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